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Weewarrasaurus pobeni

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Weewarrasaurus pobeni was named by Bell et al. (2018). Its type specimen is LRF 3067, a mandible (partial R dentary with dentition), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wee Warra mine, which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian terrestrial claystone in the Griman Creek Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Weewarrasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Weewarrasaurus pobeni Bell et al. p. 7–9 fig. 3–4
2019Weewarrasaurus pobeni Bell et al. p. 662
2021Weewarrasaurus pobeni Duncan et al. p. 2
2023Weewarrasaurus pobeni Poropat et al. p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
genusWeewarrasaurus
speciespobeni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Weewarrasaurus pobeni Bell et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. R. Bell et al. 2018As for genus.